• Community meeting - December 17, 2013 @ 7:30pm
• GAIS Online Auction and Raffle 2013 - THANK YOU!
• Winterfest 2013 - THANK YOU!
• Donation from Cafe Zoë - THANK YOU!
• IMS Winter Concert - Join us!
• German Book Fair - Pick up your book(s)!
• Students leaving early for Holiday Break - important forms!
• Small Fry Dance Club - free tickets to their Winter Musical Performance
• Lice - again reported cases, please check your children!
• Emergency Notification System - please opt in!
• Buy your Christmas Tree and support GAIS
• Berlin & Beyond Festival 2014 - GAIS is Educational Sponsor
• Girl's Leadership Institute - workshops at GAIS

• Community Meeting: December 17, 2013
• IMS Concert: December 18, 2013
• Minimum Day: December 19, 2013
• Holiday Break: December 20, 2013 - January 5, 2014
• Parenting Worskhop - Can you parent without fear? - January 8, 2014

 

The GAIS Online Auction ended on Monday evening with passionate bidding until the last minute. Because of your generosity the school has been able to raise over $50,000! The funds from the auction and raffle will support all students at GAIS this school year. We would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to Claudia Weber and her team for the great organization and realization of this years Online Auction! Thank you also to everyone who contributed to the auction - we could not have done this without you!

  

   

3. Winterfest 2013 - THANK YOU!

 

 

Last but not least, there are still some treats waiting for some raffle winners! Please check out below, if you are among those lucky ones. The prizes can be picked up at the office:

  

Kristen Hughes (2 prizes), Bernd Jandeleit (2 prizes) Susanne Rehner, Jasmin Limbrey, Katrin Ashear, Meike Petry, Morgan Cassidy, Daniel Zimmermann. We also have some lucky numbers: 903098, 903296, 993365, 993380, 903374, 903086, 903113. Congratulations!

  

  

4. Donation from Cafe Zoë - THANK YOU!

  

Kathleen Delay (owner) and her team at Cafe Zoë, Menlo Park, have donated over $100 to GAIS which they collected during our Parent Conference Days in November. We would like to thank Kathleen and her team for this donation and their continuous support of our school! It's great to have such wonderful and caring neighbors! Many thanks! 

  

  

  

  

5. IMS Winter Concert - Join us!

  

 

Come one come all to the IMS Winter concert! Enjoy listening to the three GAIS middle school bands as they perform on December 18, 2013, at 2:00pm in the gym!

  

 

6. German Book Fair - Pick up your book(s)!  

  

 

The books ordered at the German Book Fair 2013 have arrived! Please pick up your orders in the library (during normal opening hours).

  

  

7. Students leaving early for Holiday Break - forms!

 

Please make sure to hand in a Special Leave Request for your student (Elementary and Middle School) if you are leaving early for the Holiday Break. An email is only sufficient to inform Preschool teachers. Special Leave Request forms are available in the office and need a signature by the teacher/homeroom teacher and principal. 

 

 

8. Small Fry Dance Club - Winter Musical Theater   

 

Small Fry Dance Club, one of our EC program providers, is presenting "Supercalifragilistic", their Winter Musical Theater Performance on Saturday December 14, 2013 at the Cubberley Community Theater, Palo Alto. The performance starts at 6:15 pm and we have complimentary tickets to give away. If you are interested, please contact Uschi Waite at uwaite@gais.org.

 

  

 

10. Emergency Notification System - please opt-in!

 

There are still some of you who have not opted in their mobile number to our new Emergency Notification System. Please note that you will not receive any Text Alerts in case of an emergency if your mobile phone is not opted-in/connected. Please refer to the email you have received from OneCallNow for detailed information and instructions.

  

  

11. Buy your Christmas Tree and support GAIS!

  

Reminder: Buy your Christmas Tree at Honey Bear Trees and GAIS will get 15% of the proceeds. It's very easy: Print and fill out the flyer, go to one of the two locations in Redwood City/San Carlos, buy your desired christmas tree and get a free glass of honey on top of it! That's it - that's all!